Verse 26

saying, Go to this people and say, Hearing you will hear, and shall not understand; and seeing you will see, and not perceive.

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  'og sa: 'Gå til dette folket, og si: Du skal høre, men du skal ikke forstå; og du skal se, men ikke oppfatte.'

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  og sa: "Gå til dette folket, og si: 'Dere skal høre, men ikke forstå; dere skal se, men ikke oppfatte.'"

• Norsk King James

  som sa: "Gå til dette folket og si: 'Dere skal høre, men ikke forstå; se, men ikke oppfatte.'"

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Gå til dette folket og si: Dere skal høre og høre, men ikke forstå, og se og se, men ikke skjønne.

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  og sa: Gå til dette folket og si, Hør dere skal høre, og ikke forstå; og se dere skal se, og ikke merke.

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  'Gå til dette folket og si: Dere skal høre, men ikke forstå, dere skal se, men ikke oppfatte.'

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Han sa: 'Gå til dette folket og si: Dere skal høre, men ikke forstå; dere skal se, men ikke oppfatte.'

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Han sa: «Gå til dette folket og si: Dere skal høre, men ikke forstå; dere skal se, men ikke fatte.»

• gpt4.5-preview

  da han sa: 'Gå til dette folk og si: Dere skal høre og høre, men ikke forstå; dere skal se og se, men likevel ikke oppfatte;

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  da han sa: 'Gå til dette folk og si: Dere skal høre og høre, men ikke forstå; dere skal se og se, men likevel ikke oppfatte;

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  da han sa: 'Gå til dette folket og si: Dere skal høre og høre, men aldri forstå; og dere skal se og se, men aldri oppfatte.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  'Go to this people and say, "You will indeed hear but never understand; you will indeed see but never perceive."'

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Acts.28.26", "source": "Λέγον, Πορεύθητι πρὸς τὸν λαὸν τοῦτον, καὶ εἰπόν, Ἀκοῇ ἀκούσετε, καὶ οὐ μὴ συνῆτε· καὶ βλέποντες βλέψετε, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἴδητε:", "text": "*Legon*, 'Go *poreuthēti pros ton laon touton*, and *eipon*, \"By *akoē akousete*, and *ou mē sunēte*; and seeing *blepontes blepsete*, and *ou mē idēte*:\"", "grammar": { "*Legon*": "present active participle, nominative neuter singular - saying", "*Poreuthēti*": "aorist passive imperative, 2nd person singular - go", "*pros ton laon touton*": "to this people", "*eipon*": "aorist active imperative, 2nd person singular - say", "*Akoē*": "dative feminine singular - by hearing", "*akousete*": "future active indicative, 2nd person plural - you will hear", "*kai*": "conjunction - and", "*ou mē*": "double negative - by no means", "*sunēte*": "aorist active subjunctive, 2nd person plural - you may understand", "*blepontes*": "present active participle, nominative masculine plural - seeing", "*blepsete*": "future active indicative, 2nd person plural - you will see", "*idēte*": "aorist active subjunctive, 2nd person plural - you may perceive" }, "variants": { "*Legon*": "saying/speaking", "*Poreuthēti*": "go/proceed/travel", "*laon*": "people/nation", "*eipon*": "say/tell/speak", "*Akoē akousete*": "you will surely hear/by hearing you will hear (Hebraic intensification)", "*sunēte*": "you may understand/comprehend/perceive", "*blepontes blepsete*": "you will surely see/seeing you will see (Hebraic intensification)", "*idēte*": "you may perceive/understand/comprehend" } }

• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  da han sa: ‘Gå til dette folket og si: Dere skal høre og høre, men aldri forstå, og se og se, men aldri se.’

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Gak hen til dette Folk og siig: Med Hørelsen skulle I høre og ingenlunde forstaae, og seende skulle I see og ingenlunde kjende;

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:

• KJV 1769 norsk

  og sa: 'Gå til dette folket og si: Dere skal høre, men ikke forstå; og dere skal se, men ikke oppfatte.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  og sa: 'Gå til dette folket og si: Dere skal høre og høre, men ikke forstå. Dere skal se og se, men ikke oppfatte.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Gå til dette folket og si, Ved å høre, skal dere høre, men ikke forstå, og ved å se, skal dere se, men ikke skjelne.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  'Gå til dette folket og si: Med hørsel skal dere høre, men ikke forstå; og med syn skal dere se, men ikke oppfatte.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  ‘Gå til dette folket og si: Hør skal dere høre og ikke forstå, og se skal dere se og ikke innse.’

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  sayinge: Goo vnto this people and saye: with youre eares shall ye heare and shall not vnderstonde: and with youre eyes shall ye se and shall not perceave.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  & sayde: Go vnto this people, and saye: With eares ye shal heare, & not vnderstode: & with eyes shal ye se, & not perceaue.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Saying, Goe vnto this people, and say, By hearing ye shal heare, & shal not vnderstand, and seeing ye shall see, and not perceiue.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Saying: Go vnto this people, and say, with your eares shall ye heare, and shall not vnderstande: and with your eyes shall ye see, and not perceaue.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  saying, 'Go to this people, and say, In hearing, you will hear, But will in no way understand. In seeing, you will see, But will in no way perceive.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  saying, Go on unto this people and say, With hearing ye shall hear, and ye shall not understand, and seeing ye shall see, and ye shall not perceive,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  saying, Go thou unto this people, and say, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall in no wise understand; And seeing ye shall see, and shall in no wise perceive:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Go to this people and say, Though you give ear, you will not get knowledge; and seeing, you will see, but the sense will not be clear to you:

• World English Bible (2000)

  saying, 'Go to this people, and say, in hearing, you will hear, but will in no way understand. In seeing, you will see, but will in no way perceive.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  when he said,‘Go to this people and say,“You will keep on hearing, but will never understand, and you will keep on looking, but will never perceive.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 6:9-9 : 9 And He said, Go and tell this people, You hear indeed, but do not understand; and you see indeed, but do not perceive. 10 Make the heart of this people dull, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted and healed.
• Isa 42:19-20 : 19 Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger whom I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the LORD's servant? 20 Seeing many things, but you do not observe; opening the ears, but he does not hear.
• Ezek 12:2 : 2 Son of man, you dwell in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see but do not see; and ears to hear but do not hear: for they are a rebellious house.
• Matt 13:14-15 : 14 In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: By hearing, you shall hear and shall not understand; and seeing, you shall see and shall not perceive. 15 For this people's heart has become callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise, they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.
• Mark 4:12 : 12 that seeing they may see and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand, lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.
• Luke 8:10 : 10 And he said, To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.
• Deut 29:4 : 4 Yet the LORD has not given you a heart to understand, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, to this day.
• Ps 81:11-12 : 11 But my people would not listen to my voice; and Israel did not want me. 12 So I gave them up to their own hearts' desires, and they walked in their own counsels.
• Isa 29:10 : 10 For the LORD has poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers has He covered.
• Isa 29:14 : 14 Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people, even a marvelous work and a wonder; for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hidden.
• Isa 66:4 : 4 I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none answered; when I spoke, they did not hear: but they did evil before my eyes, and chose that in which I do not delight.
• Jer 5:21 : 21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; who have eyes, and see not; who have ears, and hear not:
• Ezek 3:6-7 : 6 Not to many people of a strange language and hard speech, whose words you cannot understand. Surely, if I had sent you to them, they would have listened to you. 7 But the house of Israel will not listen to you; for they will not listen to me: for all the house of Israel are obstinate and hardhearted.
• Luke 24:25 : 25 Then he said to them, O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:
• Luke 24:45 : 45 Then he opened their understanding, that they might understand the Scriptures,
• John 12:38-40 : 38 that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke: Lord, who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? 39 Therefore they could not believe, because Isaiah said again, 40 He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, lest they should see with their eyes, and understand with their hearts and turn, and I should heal them.
• Rom 11:8-9 : 8 According as it is written, God has given them a spirit of stupor, eyes that they should not see and ears that they should not hear, to this day. 9 And David says, Let their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a recompense to them. 10 Let their eyes be darkened so that they do not see, and bend their backs always.
• 2 Cor 4:4-6 : 4 In whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of those who do not believe, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. 5 For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake. 6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shone in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
• Mark 8:17-18 : 17 And when Jesus knew it, he said to them, Why do you reason because you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive or understand? Is your heart still hardened? 18 Having eyes, do you not see? And having ears, do you not hear? And do you not remember?